_The Confutatio Pontificia:
In Reference To The Matters Presented To His Imperial Majesty
By The Elector Of Saxony And Some Princes And States Of The
Holy Roman Empire, On The Subject And Concerning Causes
Pertaining To The Christian Orthodox Faith, The Following
Christian Reply Can Be Given._ August 3, 1530.
Edited by J.M. Reu.
Published in
_The Augsburg Confession, A Collection of Sources._
(Fort Wayne, IN: Concordia Theological Seminary Press),
pp. 349-383.
To Article XVI.
The sixteenth article, concerning civil magistrates, is
received with pleasure, as in harmony not only with civil
law, but also with canonical law, the Gospel, the Holy
Scriptures, and the universal norm of faith, since the
apostle enjoins that "every soul be subject unto the higher
powers. For there is no power but of God: the powers that be
are ordained of God. Whosoever, therefore, resisteth the
power, resisteth the ordinance of God, and they that resist
shall receive to themselves damnation," Rom. 13:1. And the
princes are praised for condemning the Anabaptists, who
overthrow all civil ordinances and prohibit Christians the
use of the magistracy and other civil offices, without which
no state is successfully administered.
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